Janell Finkbeiner, Elk senior, played in a volleyball tournament in Italy with her Northern Lights club team that placed fifth among 24 teams, concluding March 24. The team visited Rome and Vatican City before journeying to Falconara for a three-day Easter tournament. Finkbeiner, three-time a...Read More

by Bruce Strand, Sports editor Three years ago the Elk River volleyball lineup had players nicknamed Big Fink and a Little Fink. A spindly 5-foot-6 freshman, Janell Finkbeiner, had become a first-stringer, entrusted to provide sets for an attack led by 6-foot senior Rachel Finkbeiner. Janell never m...Read More